File talk:A recumbent winged allegorical figure holding a long quill, laurel wreath and an open manuscript, seated amongst clouds accompanied by winged putti, School of Muhammad Zaman, Safavid Persia, late 17th Century.jpg

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According to Axel Langer's article on Farangi Sazi this piece is inscribed “Jumada 2 [10]59 kamtarin Mohammad” (June/ July 1649, the lowliest Muhammad)" and is based on a print by Zacharias Dolendo.

See Page 194 of Langer, Axel. "European Influences on Seventeenth-Century Persian Painting: Of Handsome Europeans, Naked Ladies, and Parisian Timepieces." In The Fascination of Persia: Persian-European Dialogue in Seventeenth-Century Art & and Contemporary Art of Teheran, edited by Axel Langer. Zürich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2013. Footpathandstile (talk) 11:17, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]